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Hotter than the water. The spring should’ve calmed my nerves, but instead the liquid and Yoichi’s body were feeding the fire under my flesh.
The tender spot at the back of my neck had started throbbing again. Slow at first, then steadier. My nipples tightened beneath the surface. And deep inside my pussy, where his glowing sigiled cock had just been, it all began to ache again.
Again. . .it was like a storm sitting out in the Gulf—one I couldn’t see yet but could feel the pressure changing. Everybody who’d grown up on the coast knew exactly what was coming.
I’m going to want him again. Soon. And worse than before.
He tightened his arms around me, telling me that he’d caught that.
I looked down at his chest. The fang pendant hung from a dark cord at his throat, resting against his wet skin. Below it, the black hands of his curse gripped his stomach, blurring and shifting beneath the rippling water.
I reached down and traced one of them with my fingertip.
To my shock, the hand shuddered and turned its palm to me.
Holy shit.
“Your name is Yoichi.” I traced another hand.
“It is.”
“Does your female form have a name?”
He went still. “No.”
“Why not?” I tilted my head back to look at him.
He frowned. “Because we’re still mad at her.”
“Well, that’s not fair. She was sweet to me.”
“She’s sweet to everyone right before she ruins their lives.”
“We should give her a name.”
He quirked his brows. “What would you call her?”
“I don’t know.” I settled back against his chest. “We have to think of something.”
He let out a long breath, and the water rippled around us. “After the god Inari gave me her form, she took the lead.”
“When you say. . .me, you’re saying the kitsune within?”
“I am the kitsune, just wearing different forms.”
I considered that. “Yet, when you discuss your forms, you talk about them as if each one is its own person.”
“Each form comes with its own consciousness and personality too, so it does feel like more than one person when I wear it.”
“Very fucking interesting.”
He smirked. “You like that, little witch?”
“I do. You’re a fascinating creature, mate.”
He trembled, and I knew it was all desire. “Careful. Your pussy needs to rest before I’m inside you again.”
“My body wants it now.”
